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Hepburn Shire is a local government area in Victoria, Australia. In 2013 the council in Hepburn embarked on a community engagement process to help create the council's strategic plan. The process involved a series of town meetings, an online forum with OurSay, culminating in a 'Conference of Big Ideas' workshop...

In the Australian consensus conference a lay panel of 14 people were bought together, it took place in south Australia in the Canberra's Old Parliament House over the course of three days. The issue which the conference dealt with was GMOs in food Genetically modified foods, and whether it should...

In 2013 Bayside City Council in Victoria, Australia, commissioned a community panel of 30 citizens to deliberate on the Council's options for childcare. The main objective of the process was to decide whether the Council should continue to operate two childcare centres in Bayside and it came after the council...

Campaspe is a relatively new local government area in Victoria, Australia. In 2014 the council undertook a consultation-led approach to develop their strategic plan on the future of the Shire over the next 20 years. The project made a particular effort to engage with children and young people through school...

In 2012, the Canada Bay Council members decided that the future interests of the people that reside in the city, best lay, not in the hands of politicians, but in the hands of its own citizens. With this in mind, the Canada Bay Council partnered with numerous groups such as...